Topic: Gates Family

Gary and Melissa Gates, parents of 13 children, are challenging the constitutionality of Texas Child Protective Services (CPS) after the emergency removal of their children without a court order. The incident began when a school reported the parents for pinning food wrappers to a child's shirt as a disciplinary measure for stealing. Despite a judge ordering the immediate return of the children and a psychologist issuing a glowing home study report, CPS labeled the parents as child abusers in the state's central registry.